title: [The association of skin fibromas and intestinal polyps: an age-related effect].
abstract: To test the association between skin tags and colorectal polyps, 157 consecutive patients (60 men and 97 women, mean age 61.2 [17-92] years) who during their hospitalization had a coloscopy for gastro-enterological indications, underwent independently medical and dermatological examinations. 61 patients (38%) had colorectal polyps, 83 (53%) skin tags; 39 had both (24.8%). Thus the probability of having colorectal polyps was significantly higher for a person with than without skin tags (P = 0.033). But this relationship was entirely age-dependent. Discriminant analysis indicated that in addition to age (F = 15.1) the presence of skin tags (F = 1.2) was only a small additional factor in the recognition of those with colorectal polyps. Skin tags are thus of little help in the diagnosis of polyps in elderly patients.
authors.affiliation: I. Medizinische Klinik, St.-Markus-Krankenhaus, Universität Frankfurt.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Leopolder-Ochsendorf
authors.forename: F R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Ochsendorf
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Milbradt
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Holtermüller
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000473:pathology*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D003111:Colonic Polyps / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003113:Colonoscopy; D016002:Discriminant Analysis; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D010859:Pigmentation Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*
vernacular_title: Assoziation von Hautfibromen und Darmpolypen: ein Alterseffekt.